Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium

Cloud Computing's Impact on Network Design

Richard Palmer
Juniper Networks

About the talk:

Traditional network design no longer supports what people want to do with
their data networks. This is not only a matter of scale; companies such
as Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple are transforming how the Internet
is being used. What does that mean, and what are the implications for
the networks that enable these services? How do companies go about
architecting their future networks? This talk provides an inside view
into how we build the networks we use every day and how cloud computing
is shaping these trends.

Wellfleet Communications and Synoptics Communications merged, John
Chambers took over Cisco and Netscape IPO'd. Networks, internetworking
and the Internet were all beginning their exponential growth, creating
incredible economic opportunity for entrepreneurs, engineers and ambitious
people willing to move to Silicon Valley. Leveraging a life-long passion
for technology, business and systems, Richard joined the new gold rush
and began working with enterprises throughout California to build the
network foundation that the future would be built upon. Since that
time, Richard has worked for several network equipment manufacturers
(including Nortel, Cisco and Juniper) designing ever larger networks to
support the increasing demands of employees and consumers. As a long-time
customer-facing engineer for the companies whose routers and switches
provide the foundation for today's cyber economy, Richard brings a wealth
of real-world experience to the ongoing conversation of how to connect
everything and empower everyone.